Calvary's Anthem

Heavenly Father,

You have led me singing to the cross where I fling down all my burdens
      and see them vanish
   where my mountains of guilt are flattened to a plain
   where my sins disappear, even though they are the worst ones in the world,
      are are more in number than the grains of fine sand;

For there is power in the blood of Calvary
   to destroy sins too numerous to count
      even if it were committed by one of the choir of heaven.
You have given me a hill-side spring
      that washes clear and white,
         and I go as a sinner to its waters
            bathing without restraint
               in its crystal streams.

At the cross there is free forgiveness
      for poor and meek ones,
   and ample blessings that last forever;
The blood of the Lamb is like a great river
      of infinite grace
   with never any diminishing of its fullness
      as thirsty ones without number drink of it.

O Lord, forever will your free forgiveness live
   that was gained on the mount of blood;
In the midst of a world of pain
   it is a subject for praise in every place,
      a song on earth, and anthem in heaven,
         its love and virtue knowing no end.
I have a longing for the world above
   where multitudes sing the great song,
   for my soul was never created to love the dust of the earth.
Though here my spiritual state is frail and poor,
   I shall go on singing Calvary's anthem.
May I always know
   that a clean heart full of goodness
      is more beautiful than the lily,
   that only a clean heart can sing by night
      and by day,
   that such a heart is mine when I abide
      at Calvary.